The largest proportion of students attending private schools in New South Wales is still in major cities. But inner regional areas are catching up.
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During the election we can expect to hear about school funding. This is one of the most contentious areas of education policy – and one voters care deeply about.
As Australian families prepare for term 1, many will receive letters from their public schools asking them to pay fees.
Over the past two decades, the number of students attending independent schools has grown faster than those attending public schools, particularly in high school.
Australian households contribute way more to the costs of children’s schooling than the OECD average. This is due to the numbers of students attending private schools and paying high fees.
Australia is in the midst of a population boom. But Catholic school enrolments have been decreasing since 2013.
Despite the need for both male and female teachers, male primary school teachers could be extinct by 2067.
The passage of the new schools funding program is a big win for Australian children.
If we look at enrolment figures for public secondary schools, it’s untrue to say the steady drift towards private schools has been reversed.
Here’s why Labor’s figure for school funding is too high.
Public schools are spaces in which equality can either be supported or weakened.
A new proposed deal on school funding delivers the Gonski funding within budget.
While some parents are investing in tutoring and preparing for examinations from an early age, others are strongly rejecting this approach. Why is this?
Instead of a needs-based model, we ended up with an inconsistent patchwork of approaches across Australian states and territories that protected the vested interests of non-government schools.
It’s unusual for children in Nigeria’s rural areas to have any access to private schooling, even if it’s of the low-cost variety. They must rely instead on poorly resourced government schools.
Responsibility for the operation of public schools needs to be separated from the policymaking and regulatory functions and put into a separate authority.
It is not a question about whether to invest in bold and meaningful education policy, but how to invest, where it is needed, and in the areas that are proven to have impact.
The prime minister’s proposal to cease federal funding for public schools is a response to a budgetary problem, not a way to improve educational outcomes.
There is no straightforward answer, but research shows there are some key things to consider when choosing a school which might help determine where to send your child.
Labor has announced it will commit to fully funding Gonski, with a reform package costing $37.3 billion over the next decade.
But is this actually what the Gonski review recommended?
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